Health Bulletin

Jealous, moody women may face higher Alzheimer's risk
Middle-aged women with a neurotic personality style and prolonged stress may have a heightened risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to a new research published the journal Neurology.
The scientists found that those who were most anxious, jealous and moody — which they defined as neurotic — and experienced long-standing stress had double the risk of developing Alzheimer's compared to women scoring lowest in these traits.
Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia that causes profound memory loss and impairments in language, focus, judgment and visual perception, according to the Alzheimer's Association. Millions of people in the world have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, which is progressive, incurable and ultimately fatal.

Living near a highway may be bad for your blood pressure
Living close to a major highway may raise your risk for high blood pressure, a new study published in Journal of the American Heart Association suggests.
People those who lived within 109 yards of a busy road had a 22 percent greater risk of developing high blood pressure than women living at least half a mile away, researchers report.